In musical theater, especially period pieces, it is common to emphasize the setting by having characters raise their voices in a song of sarcastic praise offered to the most hated political leader or leading figures of their day.

Speaking of Disney, there's a Josef Stalin-related parody of Gaston's Villain Song from Beauty and the Beast. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be partly mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on imageboards like 4chan and 8chan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video.

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